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| | Geoarchaeology: Lithic Artifact Mineralogy |
 | | I have extensive experience identifying artifacts made out of different types of greenstone (jadeite, omphacite, kosmochlor, nephrite, serpentine, metabasite, steatite, slate) and other stone types (alabaster, travertine, onyx, marble) that were shaped using the peck-and-abrade method of stone working, and objects made of materials favored by prehistoric craftsmen such as ivory, amber, and jet. |
 | | The head of Kinich Ahau is a case in point. |
 | | After a thorough examination, I was able to positively identify the material it was fashioned from as the feldspar albite; therefore, the head of Kinich Ahau is composed of the rock albitite. |
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